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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 12314@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@gnu.org,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: bug#12314: 24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete'
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:50:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k3w47927.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <838vckmq4c.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:33:07 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Sorry, I'm not sure how this is related.  Please elaborate.

`delete' may modify the list, so other references into the list may get
surprising results after you've modified it.

The current doc string is kinda obscure, though.  It stars with

---
Delete by side effect any occurrences of ELT as a member of SEQ.
---

which is like "err".

Perhaps something like

Delete any occurrences of ELT from SEQ.  This operation may
destructively modify SEQ.  See `remove' for a non-destructive version.

would be more readable.

-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-08 16:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-30 23:08 bug#12314: 24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete' Drew Adams
2012-09-08 14:32 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-08 14:43   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 14:57     ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 15:20       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 15:48         ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 16:05           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 16:19             ` Andreas Schwab
2012-09-08 16:33               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 16:50                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2012-09-08 16:54                 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 17:06                 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-09-08 16:35               ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 16:25             ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 16:32               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 16:42                 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 21:21                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 22:26                     ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09  3:00                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09  6:29                         ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09  7:53                         ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-09 17:25                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-10 11:54                       ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2012-09-08 23:11                     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-09  2:51                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 14:44                         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-09 17:14                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 17:35                             ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09 18:20                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 19:46                                 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09 21:37                             ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-10  4:37                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-10 12:59                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-10 15:01                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-10 15:21                                   ` Drew Adams
2012-09-10 16:24                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09  8:25 ` Dmitry Gutov

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